WHAT'S INSIDE?

   SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15th, 2020

             WHAT'S INSIDE?

             Welcome to November 15th. Otherwise

 know as Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day!
 You know the refrigerator. It's that big box
 in your kitchen that holds up all the magnets!
 You can also use it for storing food! 
    Trouble is, sometimes it's stored too long!      
    As it's told in Holiday Insights  "Everything in
your refrigerator was once a fresh, healthy food,
ready for your consumption. It may have been a
tasty leftover, intended for later enjoyment. 
Unfortunately, over the course of weeks or more,
things get pushed to the back of the refrigerator
and slowly transform into something impossible to
identify."
    No matter what you may have heard, mold on 
an over refrigerated apple will not help you to 
know which was is North! 
    Work place refrigerators are said to be the worst. 
Coworkers often share the space but, seldom, the 
clean up duties! 
    With Thanksgiving just around the corner you 
will certainly want to get a heard start on that holiday
by observing this one!
   Be sure the potatoes you placed in your fridge way 
back whenever are not growing little trees in that 
seldom used bin tucked away on the bottom! Don't
try to age that cheese on your own. Remember that
expiration date on the milk is actually there for a
reason and you don't want to learn that the hard
way! So celebrate the day with a check of all the
food you've been storing in your refrigerator. And
When in doubt, throw it out!
    Hope you're not growing your own penicillin, and 
that all your NEWS is good!

TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME!

    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 2020

      TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME!

    This is International Selfie Day! It's actually

a theme day to promote world awareness of people

suffering from diabetes. But selfies have become

a common option in photography these days. It's

nice to be able to put yourself into the picture

without having to have somebody else to work the

camera! Of course selfies can be dangerous! A number

of people have fallen to their death at the Grand Canyon

by getting too close to the edge while trying to take a

selfie. I put my life into my hand each day when I

photograph my video blog! My wife reviews the

recording, not for intelligent content but, rather, to

see what's in the background of my video. She's afraid

I'll include papers I didn't clean up or coats I didn't   

hang in the closet. Today's video blog was shot on our

front porch. No danger there! All the decorations our

hers! Have a look on my Facebook page. Hope you

like it your-"self" and that all your NEWS is good!

Triskaidekaphobia!

    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13th., 2020

         TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA!

   Today is Friday the 13th! It's considered

to be very unlucky by many people! Traditionally

the number 13 has been considered unlucky. You

won't find a floor marked 13 in most high rise

buildings in big cities like New York. Ship

captains often refused to sail if the crew numbered

12 because, the captain would make the 13th

person on board. Now how Friday got tied in with

the number I'm not really sure. Some Biblical

scholars believe that Cain killed Abel on a

Friday the 13th. I'm not exactly sure how they

did their calculations since I doubt very much 

that either brother had a calendar on the wall

back then! There are some people who take

the opposite point of view, believing that

Friday the 13th is a lucky day. Lottery sales

are usually up on this day and date! We've got

two of them in the year 2020. Today, and the

other was in March. Just about the time the

pandemic scare was really getting underway.

Maybe there's something to this bad luck thing!

Hope all your luck and your NEWS is good!

IT HAPPENED TODAY!

    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12th, 2020

             IT HAPPENED TODAY!

   It's November 12th. Just an ordinary day.

Just past Veteran's Day and still a bit away

from Thanksgiving. Just an ordinary day. But

yet, there have been some unusual events on

this date you won't find in most History books.

In 1941, for instance, Alma Heflin became the 

first female commercial test pilot! Her first

test flight was for Piper Aircraft in Lock

Haven, Pennsylvania. November 12th 1926

marked the first time bombs were dropped on

America! But they weren't dropped by an foreign

enemy. They were dropped by bootleggers on an

opposing gang of bootleggers in Williamson County,

Illinois! Hugh Gray was busy on November 12th

of 1933. He was taking the first reported photo

of what may have been the Loch Ness Monster!

And in 1859 a young aerial artist preformed the

first flying trapeze act at a circus in Paris. You 

don't remember the act of course, but you may

recognize his name from the garment he designed

that still bears his name. Leotard! I wonder what

will happen on this November 12th? Who knows?

Hope it's something interesting amd that all your

NEWS is good! 

  

 

HITTING THE BRICKS!

   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 2020

               HITTING THE BRICKS!

  To most people hear the term "Hitting the

bricks" means you're looking for a job. In

my case I can assure you that is not true! There's

no way I'm looking for work. The bricks to which 

I refer are the ones or our patio that support our

picnic table throughout the summer. When the

colder weather moves in, however, the table is

set aside and those bricks become the "floor"

on which my Miata is stored. It's covered too of

course. But the move, in essence, signals an end to

my sports car driving season and I never enjoy

that! Hopefully I'll be surprised with some late

year great weather and I'll be back on the road

again. If not I'll have to hope for an early spring!

Either way, I hope all your NEWS is good!

NUMBER PLEASE!

  TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 2020

            NUMBER PLEASE!

     For those of you who don't already

know, this is "Area Code Day!" Your

area code is, of course, the first three 

numerals of your telephone number.

The designate, as the name suggests,

the area from which you;re calling. We

didn't always have area codes! When I

was a kid you picked up the telephone

and waited for an operator to come on the

line and say "Number please." If I was

calling my home I'd say "1515" and the

operator would connect me. Rotary phones

and local exchanges like "Gladstonre" came

next.  While they used names the first letters

of your exchange were, in reality, two numbers

which added to the length of your telephone

number. Push button phones came along next

and just a few years ago we were required to dial

the area code even if we were calling someone

in the same area we were calling from. Cell

phones didn't initially require the use of an area

code but that has changed now too making the

typical dial ten numbers long. You can do so

much more on cell phones than on the old traditional

telephones. You can't even play games on the old

phones, unless you're the one calling to sell car

warranties! Seems whatever the device, the

Con Game is still playable! Hope you're not

in the game and that all your NEWS is good.

TANKS A LOT!

 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 2020

            TANKS A LOT!

    It's so great to see something old

turned into something that can make a

community proud. That' exactly what my

wife and I found Sunday when our weekend

drive took us Berwick. The area we found

was once off limits to the public. During

World War II the old American Car and

Foundry factory made Army tanks in Berwick.

A large plot of land bear the Susquehanna

River became a test track for the vehicles.

The area and the factory were actually on

Hitler's target list. These days the community

has turned the test track into a public park.

There's picnic areas, a walking trail, a disk

golf course, a BMX type bike trail, and a

boat launch too. It's not a target anymore.

It's a destination. And a good one at that!

It was a pleasure to visit the park and to

realize there's something similar in many

of our communities. If there's one near you,

take advantage of the facilities whenever

you can! Hope you enjoy yourself and that

all your NEWS is good!